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Connected Correlators in Quantum Gravity

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-10-31 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We discuss the concept of connected, reparameterization invariant matter correlators in quantum gravity. We analyze the effect of discretization in two solvable cases: branched polymers and two-dimensional simplicial gravity. In both cases the naively defined connected correlators for a fixed volume display an anomalous behavior, which could be interpreted as a long-range order. We suggest that this is in fact only a highly non-trivial finite-size effect and propose an improved definition of the connected correlator, which reduces the effect. Using this definition we illustrate the appearance of a long-range spin order in the Ising model on a two-dimensional random lattice in an external magnetic field HH, when H0H \to 0 and β=βC\beta=\beta_C.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9812015,
  title  = {Connected Correlators in Quantum Gravity},
  author = {J. Ambjorn and P. Bialas and J. Jurkiewicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9812015},
  year   = {2009}
}

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21 pages, 8 figures